Omprakash Gnawali
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Om is an assistant professor at the University of Houston Computer Science department. Previously, he was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California (USC), and M.Eng. and B.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), all in Computer Science. Om has volunteered with NCEF since its founding in 2002. Om grew up in Kathmandu, Nepal and has visited 27 (out of 75) districts in Nepal, many on foot.
Om can be reached at om@nepalchildren.org
Santosh KC
Student Selection Officer
Santosh is a Research Scientist at Facebook, Menlo Park. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of Houston (2018) and BE in Computer Engineering from Kathmandu University (2012). He has seen lots of failures to education while growing up in Dang, Nepal. So, he is excited to be part of educating the disadvantaged children of the society.
Santosh can be reached at santosh@nepalchildren.org
Jay Shrestha
Secretary
Jay lives in Dallas and works as a Scientific Advisor for an international patent law firm. Jay has a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology from the University of Chicago and a B.S. degree in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Growing up in Nepal, Jay lived in various parts of the country and has also traveled extensively throughout the country. Jay has been volunteering off and on, in various capacities, for NCEF since its inception in 2002. He believes providing access to education is one of the best ways to leverage investment to empower people.
Jay can be reached at jay@nepalchildren.org
Rabin Aryal
Chief Financial Officer(CFO)
Rabin believes an educated person has the ability to differentiate between right and wrong or good and evil. He firmly believes that it is foremost responsibility of a society to educate its citizens. He is always willing to give back to society in any way he can. He has a BS in Computer Science from University of North Carolina at Pembroke and a MS in Computer Science from Appalachian State University. He works as a Software Engineer and currently lives in Calgary.
Rabin can be reached at rabin@nepalchildren.org